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Draw me, we will run after Thee: the King hath brought me into His chambers.
Song of Solomon 1:4

How many of us can take the words of the bride into our lips, or have ever been able at any one time of our life to use such an expression? We must have had some sight and sense of the preciousness and loveliness of Jesus before ever we can cry, “Draw me,” from the depth of a sincere heart. For the sincere soul is afraid to approach the holy Jehovah, Whose eyes are as a flame of fire, and insult Him with mock petitions and words that it does not feel. But if ever that desire has been kindled, and that prayer raised up in your soul, “Draw me, we will run after you,” it must have been the work of the Holy Spirit in your hearts, to raise up those feelings and to give you a living faith in the Son of God.

And “he that believes shall be saved.” Whatever doubts, whatever fears, whatever temptations, whatever exercises beset the path, “he that believes shall be saved.” He that has had given him one grain of spiritual faith in Christ’s glorious Person, who has had one sight of His atoning blood, one sip of divine love shed abroad in his heart, is sure to go to glory; he is saved with an everlasting salvation, in his covenant Head. The Lord that has kindled these strong desires after Himself in his soul, will surely fulfill them.

As we find He did in the case of the bride; He said to her, after a little time, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds has come, and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.”

To the reader…

Do you know this? You are afraid to approach the holy God, Whose eyes are as a flame of fire. Do you not dare to come to Him with words your heart does not mean? That fear is no bad sign. But has a longing nevertheless been kindled in your soul, however faint, and has a sigh passed your lips: “Draw me, we will run after Thee”? Then it did not come from yourself; it is the work of the Holy Spirit, Who has shown you something of the loveliness of the Lord Jesus.

Let doubts, fears and temptations block the path, then; one grain of spiritual faith, one sight of His atoning blood, and you are saved. The Lord, Who kindled this longing, will also fulfil it. Wait upon Him; the day is coming when He will say to you too: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away!”

With warm regards,
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